When Valeria Pacheco didn’t see her dad, Javier Pacheco, rooting her on Wednesday for the final round of the NCAA Albuquerque Women’s Golf Regional at the UNM Championship Course, she wasn’t too concerned even though he had been at the course the previous two days.
Pacheco, whose even-par 72 helped TCU by a single stroke snag the fourth and final team slot in the NCAA Women’s Championships from May 20-25 in Scottsdale, Arizona, was told her dad had a work issue.
That wasn’t exactly the truth.
“He’s doing good,” Pacheco said. “He got out of surgery about an hour ago.